#Parade Float Ideas

6 hours, 3,500 Christmas lights, 5 sheets of plywood, 3 rolls of tape, 2 rolls of wrapping paper, and a really slow drive to the parade. After building The Polar Express parade float, I realized I needed somewhere to store enough chocolate for 3,000 people, so the day before the parade I decided to toss this together! Thankful for an amazing community that puts on these fun events for my friends and family to be apart of! #diy #trucklights #christmastruck #christmas #parade

Building Dreams Together 🌳 This heartwarming float celebrates hope, healing, and the power of teamwork. Inspired by the mission of Shriners Children’s, it honors the doctors, nurses, families, and communities who come together to help children dream big and thrive—no matter the challenge. Because when hearts and hands work together, anything is possible. 💫💖 #RoseParade #BuildingDreamsTogether #HopeAndHealing @shrinershospitals @phxdecoco

Work smarter not harder. Put the @spacecoastflies net to good use this morning at the Mardi Gras parade in front of the shop. Should we do a skiff float next year???

We were thrilled to be asked by @kreweoftucks to ride on their accessible Mardi Gras float! Check out founder @markraymondjr using the “Throw Me Something Assister” designed, fabricated, and modified by our team & some friends! Stay tuned for more ways we hope to help make this product streamlined and accessible with @makegoodnola as well as other gadgets to promote Mardi Gras for All Y’all!

An absolute crowd favorite, the 'tit Rex parade rolled through New Orleans with the cutest shoebox floats! The Krewe is a counter to the larger parades as the world's first microkrewe. Their theme this year was "Fun Size." They even had out Barbie-sized throws and one float was giving out teeny tiny mini cakes. I'd love to join but they cap the parade at 30 floats and there's a very, very long waiting list. Because of this, parade watchers actually will line the streets with their own dioramas. #mardigras #mardigras2026 #diorama #neworleans #onetimeinnola

WE are OFFICIALLY finished with our 2026 Rose Parade Float entry “The Great Picnic Heist”. Thank you so much to all of the volunteers that made this possible #roseparade #southpasadena #newyears

This Star Wars parade float from Brazil’s Carnival is unreal. Built by the 501st Legion, this massive Imperial-style float proves fandom at this scale is basically art. If you love Star Wars, parades, or insane practical builds, this is peak fandom. #starwars #paradefloat #starwarsfan

An incredible float made by incredible students! @calpolypomona

making a ballgown out of 1000 old phone cases!! (a big ty to @casetify for enabling my crazy ideas and sending me so many used phone cases omg) #ad tbh this project is leaning a bit more parade float than dress but omg this may be one of my favorite projects yet?? It is just so pretty but so ridiculous, and it looks way cooler than it ought too for being a little volcano of rainbow phone cases 😂❤️ But this project all started as a part of @casetify’s Re/CASETiFY initiative - they challenged me to make something out of old phone cases, and of course I was like “yeah I can totally make a full scale ballgown out of these, that sounds reasonable” and here we are. 😅😅 but what @casetify does is pretty cool - they have the world’s biggest phone case recycling program!! You can give them your old phone cases, they will upcycle them into new phone cases - that’s how they were able to get me so many used phone cases to make this dress out of! Check out the link in my bio to learn more about Re/CASETiFY and how to get involved! :D:D and the coolest part about this dress is it’s not just going to sit in my attic!!! It’s already on display in the window of @casetify’s Santa Clara store, which is so so cool 😭😭❤️ Also - if you want to see the whole chaos of building this volcano and zip tying 1000 phone cases, I also posted a full length YouTube tutorial on this dress too!! so check that out if you are curious :D but now for me, it’s onto the next project! I’m debating between doing another funky original design, or another big cosplay - I’m open to suggestions though! feel free to toss ideas in the comments below! #ReCASETiFY #CASETiFY

This float from the O.C. Taylor Elementary Dads Club is BONKERS! 🤯 🤯

So if you couldn’t tell, it was pouring rain all day. I waited until the last second to whip this parade “float” together. The tents I borrowed flew away three times in the wind, one of them broke, the paint wouldn’t dry because it was too cold, and I was soaked down to my underwear all day. I had planned to draw eyes on the reindeer, add more lights, bells, and red tinsel, but the day moved too quick and this was what we were left with. All that aside, 20 of my daughter’s friends showed up to the parade and got to walk/ride, hand out candy, and make our city smile. Somehow we made it as the center photo in the newspaper and got second places for ‘Best Christmas Spirit’ (I didn’t even know there was a competition) All that to say… it was worth every second! Next year will be even better! And just like that, a new tradition was made! Merry Christmas everyone! 🤍🎅🏻 #parade #float #christmas #christmasparade #paradefloat #tractortrain #train

A super quick glimpse at some of the manyyyy parade rolls I’ve done with Disney. I absolutely have forgotten some, never got a picture in, or couldn’t find a picture, but here’s what I do have! #paradeperformer #disneyparade #disneyland